G4383 – prosopon – πρόσωπον – (outward) appearance, X before, contenance, face, fashion, (men’s) person, presence
- Strong’s ID:
- G4383
- Greek Word:
- πρόσωπον
- Transliteration:
- prosopon
- Pronunciation:
- pros’-o-pon
- Part of Speech:
- noun neuter
- Usage Count:
- 78
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G4314 and ωψ ops (the visage, from G3700); the front (as being towards view), i.e. the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person:—(outward) appearance, X before, contenance, face, fashion, (men’s) person, presence.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) the face
1a) the front of the human head
1b) countenance, look
1b1) the face so far forth as it is the organ of sight, and by it various movements and changes) the index of the inward thoughts and feelings
1c) the appearance one presents by his wealth or property, his rank or low condition
1c1) outward circumstances, external condition
1c2) used in expressions which denote to regard the person in one’s judgment and treatment of men
2) the outward appearance of inanimate things
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.